MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202421013784 A) filed by Reliance Industries Limited, Maharashtra, on Feb. 26, 2024, for 'hydrocarbon fuel from polyolefin and biomass using a novel catalyst.'

Inventor(s) include Virendra Kumar Gupta; and Saurabh Kumar Tiwari.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 29, under issue no. 35/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure provides a single step process for conversion of a feedstock comprising polyolefins or a mixture of polyolefins and biomass into hydrocarbon fuel. The process comprises subjecting the feedstock to pyrolysis at a temperature of 350 C-550 C in the presence of a catalyst comprising Ni/Mo/Mg (OR)2 to obtain vapors of the hydrocarbon fuel which upon condensation produce the hydrocarbon fuel. The present disclosure also provides a novel catalyst, Ni/Mo/Mg (OR)2, that provides a high yield of hydrocarbon fuel with a high aliphatic content."

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